AutomationElement.TryGetCurrentPattern(AutomationPattern, Object) Method
Definition
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Retrieves an object that implements a control pattern.
public:
bool TryGetCurrentPattern(System::Windows::Automation::AutomationPattern ^ pattern, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] System::Object ^ % patternObject);
public bool TryGetCurrentPattern (System.Windows.Automation.AutomationPattern pattern, out object patternObject);
member this.TryGetCurrentPattern : System.Windows.Automation.AutomationPattern * obj -> bool
Public Function TryGetCurrentPattern (pattern As AutomationPattern, ByRef patternObject As Object) As Boolean
Parameters
- pattern
- AutomationPattern
The identifier of the control pattern to retrieve.
- patternObject
- Object
On return, the control pattern if it is supported; otherwise null
.
Returns
true
if the pattern is supported; otherwise false
.
Examples
The following example shows how to use this method to retrieve a control pattern.
// element is an AutomationElement.
object objPattern;
SelectionPattern selPattern;
if (true == element.TryGetCurrentPattern(SelectionPattern.Pattern, out objPattern))
{
selPattern = objPattern as SelectionPattern;
}
' element is an AutomationElement.
Dim objPattern As Object = Nothing
Dim selPattern As SelectionPattern
If True = element.TryGetCurrentPattern(SelectionPattern.Pattern, objPattern) Then
selPattern = DirectCast(objPattern, SelectionPattern)
End If
Remarks
For some forms of user interface (UI), this method will incur cross-process performance overhead. Applications can concentrate overhead by caching patterns and then retrieving them by using GetCachedPattern.